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Monash Researcher Awarded $255,000 to Assess Impacts of Bushfire on Biodiversity

The recent bushfires that swept across South Eastern Australia were unprecedented in scale and intensity.

24 Jul 2020

Tropic Biosciences Partners with BASF to Develop Innovative Traits for Growers

Tropic Biosciences announces their research agreement with BASF to utilize Tropic’s ground-breaking GEiGS™ (Gene Editing induced Gene Silencing) technology to develop traits to address growers’ most critical challenges in protecting crops.

From BASF Agricultural Solutions 24 Jul 2020

IFAD, Mars and ICRAF Invest in Sustainable Farming Research and Development in Indonesia and the Philippines

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have agreed to collaborate on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asi...

17 Jul 2020

New Discovery on Algae Could Enhance Environmental Safety in Chemical Industry

A Bochum-based interdisciplinary research group has achieved a breakthrough that could result in more environmental safety in the chemical sector.

3 Jul 2020

Researchers Develop Faster, More Efficient Process to Recycle Bioplastics

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath have designed a more rapid and more effective way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics.”

21 May 2020

Hydrothermal Synthetic Processes Alternatives to Produce Organic Plastics

Several materials used in day-to-day life are not lasting. A few of them are hazardous to plants or animals, and the remaining ones consist of rare elements that will not always be as readily available as they are at present.

22 Apr 2020

Food Waste and the Best Valorization Path

Scientists are aiming to determine the most optimal valorization paths for restaurant food scraps. Among the potential lives for restaurant scraps, the group is trying to find which one offers the most value and which one is highly effective.

2 Apr 2020

On Mars Or Earth, Biohybrid Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into New Products

UC Berkeley chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules and oxygen. On Earth, such a biohybrid could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. On Mars, it would provide colonists with raw material to manufacture organic compounds ranging from fuels to drugs. The efficiency is greater than the photosynthetic efficiency of most plants.

2 Apr 2020

Producing Products from Renewable Biomass Using Yeast

Scientists have created a set of three novel tools to design Issatchenkia orientalis, a low-pH-tolerant yeast, for synthesizing valuable bioproducts from renewable biomass.

30 Mar 2020

Bio-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater

Beads containing bacteria and a slow-release food supply to sustain them can be used to clean up contaminated groundwater for several months without the need for maintenance.

26 Mar 2020